Shodan 2,Shunsho Katsukawa,Photo of Ukiyo-e,Japan,Confrontation,Officials,Wife

Title: Shodan
Title Translation: First scene.
Creator(s): Katsukawa, Shunsho, 1726-1793, artist
Date Created/Published: [ca. 1785]
Summary: Print shows a confrontation between a court official and a lesser official with his wife standing nearby, following an offense by the court official; this sets the stage, in later acts, for the lesser official's ritual suicide and the revenge of the 47 ronin (samurai who revenge their master's death by killing the court official).
Notes:
Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06.
From the series: Chushingura juichimai no uchi : Eleven scenes of Chushingura.
Seal used for only one year.
Forms part of: Japanese prints and drawings (Library of Congress).
Subjects:
Actors--Japan--1780-1790.
Theatrical productions--Japan--1780-1790.
Government officials--Japan--1780-1790.
Confrontations--1780-1790.
Women--Clothing & dress--Japan--1780-1790.
Format:
Ukiyo-e--Japanese--Color--1780-1790.
Woodcuts--Japanese--Color--1780-1790.
Bookmark /2008660572/
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